20 years ago: Sloan gets 500th win on Christmas

Editor's note: Every Sunday, the Deseret News takes a look back into our archives.Christmas? It's just like any other in-season day of the year if there's a Jazz game scheduled.Five-hundredth victory? No more or less important than 499 or 501. At least that's your attitude if your name is Jerry Sloan.As most folks were cleaning up red and green wrapping paper or trying to put back together already broken new toys, the longtime Utah Jazz coach earned his 500th victory with the team.Utah, in a gam